Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Kumagaya, Japan (CNN) — Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...

Unpacking the Local Impact of China’s Mega-Projects on Kyrgyzstan’s Regions The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 ...

A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years. One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during World ...